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Improve your English listening skills for free with clips from popular movies and TV series in the Listening Lab.

Listening Lab Movie Posters

Stories to Celebrate Earth Day

Going For A Walk

I see trees, birds, and flowers when I walk.

A1 - Beginner 🌱

The Rooftop Garden

Finding serenity and community through a rooftop gardening club.

C1 - Advanced 🌳

Climate Change

Climate change has become a huge problem for our society. How can we stop it?

B2 - Intermediate 🌿

Spending Time Outside

Spending time outside is important for our mental health.

B1 - Intermediate 🌿

My Favorite Seasons

My favorite season is fall.

A2 - Beginner 🌱

My Trip to Arizona, Part 2

Visiting a butterfly sanctuary.

B2 - Intermediate 🌿

Newest Games

There are 10 navy blue tiles randomly scattered across the top of the image with white letters inside them. Below it is a white arrow pointing down. Across the bottom are 10 more navy blue tiles with white letters in them. These tiles across the bottom are lined up and organized to spell out "unscramble". Everything sits upon a dark green background.
Unscramble: Animals

Unscramble the names of different animals. Great for beginners of English.

A large light green question mark is in the center with two navy blue, slightly obscured question marks on either side of the green question mark. They all sit atop a navy blue square background.
Riddle Me This!

Guess the word based on its riddle. Need a hint? Each incorrect guess reveals one emoji hint. After four incorrect guesses, the answer is revealed. Great for all English levels.

Six rectangles are lined up in two columns. The top left rectangle and the bottom right rectangle are both orange with a navy blue line connecting them. The other rectangles are green. Across the bottom is a navy blue banner with the words "matching pairs" written in white.
Synonym Match: Beginner

Match beginner English vocabulary with their synonyms to grow your English vocabulary. Great for A1 and A2 beginner English learners. The difficulty increases with the levels.

Newest Listening Lab Lessons

Yukon Men tv series poster.

B2 - Intermediate 🌿

Staying Alive at 50 Below

Joey explains how they collect wood to stay warm in the extreme cold weather.

Bluey series poster

A1 - Beginner 🌱

Robo Bingo

Mom gives Bingo instructions to brush her teeth.

New Moon movie poster featuring Edward, Bella, and Jacob

B1 - Intermediate 🌿

Paper Cut

Bella gets a paper cut while celebrating her birthday with a family of vampires.

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How do the labs work?

Start each lesson with a vocabulary warmup that includes words and phrases from a custom-built dictionary.

vocabulary examples from labs
The 'My Daily Routine' story from the reading lab is shown.

For Reading Labs:

Read the story out loud or listen to the AI generated audio.

For Listening Labs:

Watch the video clip as many times as you'd like. Character profiles are included to assist with understanding.

Dinner with the Cullens video clip in the listening lab.

For Listening Labs:

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Every video has a transcript that is hand-typed by Thomas and verified for accuracy. Clip context is also included to assist with comprehension.

For All Labs:

Get additional grammar and vocabulary practice in the quiz.

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The quiz element showing an audio based question for listening practice

For Listening Labs:

Fine tune your listening skills with targeted practice questions.

Testimonials

"Thomas is a great English teacher! He can create a very relaxing atmosphere to make you feel very confident to speak English! He is really a good listener who pays attention to your words and gives a proper response to inspire you to say more. I made great progress after 24 lessons with him. Thank you Thomas~"

Isabel - Advanced Learner 🇨🇳

"ممتاز احب اللغه معه ومتفهم وصبور ويشرح كل ما هو غير واضح اشكره جدا على مساعدته والجهد اللذي يقدمه"

"Excellent. I love the language with him. He is understanding and patient and explains everything that is not clear. I thank him very much for his help and the effort he makes."

Tamador - Intermediate Learner 🇸🇦

This lesson is very enjoyable for me. Thank you Thomas Teacher.

ALİ - Beginner Learner 🇹🇷

As a person who has learned many languages of my own, I am determined to help others find their confidence in speaking English. I have been teaching English for just over two years, and I have fallen in love with it. Watching students make progress brings me an unbeatable joy.

I originally became interested in teaching English a few years ago while studying French. During my studies, I watched lots of movies and YouTube videos for practice, and I loved how 'easy' it was to learn through immersion. That is why this website was created using the very same methods I used to teach myself Spanish, French, and now Portuguese. Every day, I read a short story, watch a TV show, movie, or YouTube video, or I listen to music in all of my target languages. That's it! I only rely on daily immersion and occasionally testing my knowledge.

The number one thing to remember? Don't be nervous. Children learn languages quickly not because they’re better at it, but because they’re not afraid to try. So go ahead. Try a lesson. Make mistakes. Learn from them and try again. You'll thank yourself later.

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